(Stoke-on-Trent South)
(Con):...I was delighted to champion the improvement works
proposed for Longton station through the transforming cities
fund, and it is time for those funded works to be delivered.
Network Rail must start playing its full and properly
co-ordinated part in the delivery, which it has not been doing up
until recently. I hope that Great British
Railways and the transport Bill will help to
resolve how we can better deliver the transport improvements
needed in cities such as Stoke-on-Trent. In particular, I hope
that they will help to address organisations that can hinder
progress, as Network Rail has done on the works that we have been
doing across Stoke-on-Trent...
(Vale of Clwyd)
(Con):...Improved public transport infrastructure and services
are vital to ensuring that this country is a good place to grow
up with opportunities for all. The proposed transport Bill will
create Great British
Railways which I hope will overcome some of the
current fragmentation, including that between the Wales and
borders franchise and the rest of Great Britain’s network. Our
nearest major cities of Manchester and Liverpool and their
airports can be reached in just over an hour by road, on average,
from Rhyl in my constituency. In comparison, rail services take
about two hours, yet a similar distance by rail in the south-east
of Britain can take as little as 40 minutes....
